Red black and white Valdostaine
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! bgcolor=" pink" colspan=" 2" | Name binominal Boss taurus
or Boss primigenius taurus,
or Boss primigenius F. taurus
Linnaeus, 1758
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| Origin
| Italy, Valley of Aoste
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| Diffusion
| Local
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| Size
| Average
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| Dress
| Red magpie
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| Use
| Mixed
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The red black and white Valdostaine is an Italian race Bovin E .
Origin
It belongs to the branch Pie red of the mountains. It comes from the Val of Aoste, from which it draws its name. It belongs to the original population of the branch resulting from the south-east of the alpine arc. The genealogical Livre was open in 1985. In 2002, the number of animals is of 14200, including 409 reproductive bulls.
Morphology
It wears a red black and white dress and its clear mucous membranes. It resembles much the evolene, her cousin Suisse.C' is a race of heavy intermediate size but with a size of 130 cm for 500 kg for the cows and 135 cm for 650 kg in the bulls. It presents a massive and muscular silhouette. The horns are short and thick.
Aptitudes
This race is classified mixed with dairy tendency. It produces a milk at the rich proteinic rate and their carcass is well developed in butchery.Ce is effective cows in their area of origin to the hard climate where they are exploited in system of Transhumance with summer in the open air integral with the Alpage.